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3:30 MacBook Pro
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should you buy the 2024 iMac Mac Mini or
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MacBook Pro powered by the new family of
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M4 chips these computers are all
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incredibly powerful but whether or not
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it's time to upgrade depends on which
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models you already have so let me help
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you
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decide let's start with the new iMac
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which has been refreshed with a brighter
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palette of colors with the new M4 chip
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inside the time has come to move away
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from Intel no matter which Intel based
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Mac you have even if you have the iMac
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Pro even if you have the last
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intel-based iMac 5K from early 2020 the
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new iMac with M4 will treat you right
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it's up to six times faster than the
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bestselling intel-based model however
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there's one small asterisk and that the
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new iMac only comes in one 24 in size if
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you previously had a 27in iMac and you
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want the most screen space for
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productivity you might actually be
1:00
better served by the new Mac Mini paired
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with a studio display the studio display
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has the exact same display panel that
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you're used to on the 27in iMac and the
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Mac Mini can actually be optioned out
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with better specs than the iMac comes in
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now if you already have an M1 iMac
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you're already aboard the Apple silicon
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train the jump to the m4 model will have
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a noticeable increase in performance if
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you use your iMac for daily productivity
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tasks especially if you optioned it out
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with higher storage and memory options
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than were available on the M1 model but
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only upgrade if you can afford to your
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M1 iMac will continue to serve you well
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for at least the next two chip
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Generations if you already have the
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previous iMac with an M3 chip don't
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bother the M4 has some pretty impressive
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year-over-year improvements but nothing
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to justify getting a whole new machine
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your M3 will serve you well for many
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years to come let's move on to the Mac
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Mini the latest models come with some
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impressive power in the tiniest
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packaging yet again with the M4
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generation the time has come to move
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away from Intel no matter which model
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you have a few of those Mac minis from
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the early 2010s were real stinkers too
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and are positively ancient by modern
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standards the new Mac Mini performs 2.8
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times faster in logic pro and a whopping
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33 times faster image upscaling in
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photom meter if you have the original M1
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Mac Mini you probably have a few more
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years of loyal use but if you can afford
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to upgrade you'll appreciate the massive
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leap in performance and capabilities the
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new Mac Mini comes with 16 GB of memory
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as standard which was previously the
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maximum amount you could get on the old
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one and it can be configured with up to
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64 GB of memory the M1 model didn't come
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in a pro version the higher-end Mac Mini
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has a significantly faster processor
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three times the neural engine
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performance Thunderbolt 5 for the latest
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generation of connectivity and so so
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much more as impressive as the new Mac
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Mini is don't feel pressured to upgrade
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if you have an M2 or M2 pro model while
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it doesn't support Hardware Ray tracing
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and mesh shading or Thunderbolt 5 your
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Mac Mini can do all the same things the
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new one can the M2 and M2 Pro are plenty
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fast and will be for years to come I
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hope let's talk about the new Macbook
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Pro the latest models come with
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impressive power and unbelievable
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battery life again the time has come to
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move away from Intel even if you have
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those last Intel based models from late
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2019 or early 2020 the M4 lineup will
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have something just right for you the
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entry-level model is no longer a
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compromised previous generation design
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they a simple lineup of good better best
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even the base model is up to seven times
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times faster at processing images in
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Affinity photo than the last core i7
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based MacBook Pro even if you're already
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on M1 big leaps have been made in the
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last few years of Apple silicon if you
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use your MacBook Pro for daily work and
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a high performance field like video
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editing 3D modeling audio mixing you'll
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appreciate the extra power of the M4 the
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base model now supports two external
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highresolution displays and comes with
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an additional Thunderbolt port compared
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to M1 at rendering 3D Graphics it's up
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to 3.4 times faster the pro and Max
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models now support Thunderbolt 5 for the
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next generation of connectivity with
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external displays and storage the M4 Max
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model in particular can be upgraded to
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up to 128 GB of unified memory and all
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of this power comes with 24 hours of
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battery life but of course new Macbook
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Pros are expensive if you can't afford a
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new one don't sweat it the M1 is still
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an excellent computer and not
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everybody's day job involves cutting
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together 4K 120 Pro res video in Final
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Cut Pro if you're on an M2 or M3 MacBook
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Pro don't worry these new M4 models look
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very impressive but it's not worth
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buying a whole new machine over quite
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yet Apple has been upgrading the MacBook
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Pro on average of every year like
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clockwork waiting for the M5 or M6
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MacBook Pro in the next year or two
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might be the better move and that is my
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buying advice for these new M4 powered
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Macs remember to like And subscribe I'm
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deerin Jones with Cult of Mac
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